Center Stage: An Abandoned Albums Podcast

Irwin Chusid is to outsider music as Irving Azoff was to Atlantic Records. This is to say that Chusid is the outsider music mogul. He's the guy behind the guy behind the artist… that you've probably never heard of. However, you're familiar with Chusid and some of the artist's work he champions. You may not know who Raymond Scott is, but if you're above a certain age, you may recall the animated series The Ren & Stimpy Show. Well, it's Chusid's dogged championing of Scott's music and push for its re-release that found its way into the earholes of The Ren & Stimpy Show Creator John Kricfalusi and Creative Director Bob Camp. Links  Outsider Music Harry Smith  Songs in the Key of Z by Irwin Chusid Sun Ra: Art on Saturn: The Album Cover Art of Sun Ra’s Saturn Label (October 2022) Sun Ra, Irwin Chusid, Chris Reisman The Carl Stalling Project That’s All Folks by Steve Schneider Raymond Scott The Ren & Stimpy Show Juan Garcia Esquivel (Esquivel!) The Langly School Music Project WFMU Lucia Pamela The Shaggs Wesley Willis  Jandak  

Music Nerding 101 - the inaugural World Music Podcast Forum!! Keith and Rob host the inaugural World Music Podcast Forum with Steve J. from the All Music Books Podcast, Lance from Yesterday's Concert Podcast, and Steve E. from The Music Rewind Podcast.  The five guys discuss some things podcasty and all things music - up to and including the perennial music nerd argument - Roth versus Hagar (shout out to Cherone). LINKS: The All Music Books Podcast Yesterday's Concert The Music Rewind Podcast

Singer/Songwriter, Troubadour, and Texas Guitar Slinger Gary Myrick drops by Thunderlove Studio to chat with Keith and Rob about the self-titled debut album by Havana 3am from 1991. Havana 3am took shape when singer Nigel Dixon (of rockabilly band Whirlwind), guitarist Gary Myrick and bassist Paul Simonon (of The Clash) went out riding their motorcycles.  This self-produced album is wickedly sharp and melds surf, punk, rockabilly, traditional rock and adds a healthy Latin influence. For 1990, it was probably a little ahead of its time. Gary talks to the guys about his entire career, which includes meeting Jimi Hendrix, getting shot at while performing in Texas, and replacing Stevie Ray Vaughn. Myrick even plays a little sample of what he is currently working on… and it’s amazing, naturally. LINKS: Gary Myrick Havana 3am on Spotify

Singer/songwriter Kim Fox popped around Thunderlove Studios to talk with Keith and Rob about her 1997 debut album Moon Hut. And what a great conversation they had! Kim takes the guys on her musical journey from college through today. Including her pivot from music to photography.  They cover a lot of ground and her stories help paint a more textured picture of Kim Fox as an artist. AND, she's just wonderful to chat with...as you will hear.  Moon Hut on Spotify    

Communication breakdown at HQ as Keith and Rob are sans guest this week. For reasons that remain murky, at best, Keith and Rob had to pull a rabbit out of their proverbial hat this week as the guest they had booked vanished. Authorities have been notified. Thinking on his feet EP Rufus Thunderlove proved his worth by deciding to pull in the Words and Music series from Amazon amp. The series where they read 100 word stories and pair it with a song - like wine and cheese.  So, in lieu of a guest this week, you will get 6x100 word stories written and read by Keith and six fine songs (luckily not written or sung by Keith). It's called The Ballad of Ian and Oona. Think of this episode of Abandoned Albums as the equivalent of a fine Champagne and Brie pairing. We're back next week with a shiny new (and normal) episode. 

The Muffs bass player Ronnie Barnett joins Rob and Keith in Thunderlove Studio to chat about the bands 1995 album Blonder and Blonder. Along the way they talk about the history of the band as well as a bunch of other things - like a riveting story about Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire.    Information on Amyotrphic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

**BE AWARE** THIS PODCAST CONTAINS EXCITING NEWS! Singer/songwriter Deborah Holland stopped by Thunderlove Studios to chat with Keith and Rob about fronting the "supergroup" Animal Logic with jazz superstar Stanley Clarke and The Police drummer Stewart Copeland. Wake the kids, text the neighbors. 

Justin Bell and Chris Devlin from ROOKIE join Keith and Rob in Thunderlove Studio to chat about their self-titled debut album.

No one would ever say writer/musician/comedian/rockstar Dave Hill is lazy. Hill has done just about everything, including being the brainchild behind black metal icons Witch Taint. Witch Taint is fronted by Dave's alter ego, Lance from Gary, Indiana - the king of black metal. The band has been called “the most extreme black metal band of all time” (self-proclaimed) - after releasing only one album Sons of Midwestern Darkness. Dave stops by Thunderlove Studios to chat with Keith & Rob about the Taint. Arguably the most extreme band to ever emerge from Gary, Indiana. ddnFRgADdhsP2xv7dnNm

Keith and Rob each share their own personal Abandoned Album in recognition of reaching the halfway point of Season 2... and that coinciding with the halfway point between their birthdays.